By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Spring 2007 and Revised 8 Jan 2007
1. Thomas Prentice was b. either c. 1821 (per 1841 census) or c. 1810 (per 1861 census) in Riccarton, Ayrshire (assuming that they different birth dates relate to the same Thomas Prentice. He appears in the 1841 and 1861 census in Riccarton with his wife; no children are shown. They later appear in the 1881 census living at 44 Old St. in Riccarton where his birth year is c. 1807; no children shown
He is probably the Thomas Prentice who m. Margaret McArthur on 3 Feb 1854 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, which lies a short distance to the east of Riccarton. She was b. c. 1808 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Thomas does not appear in the IGI, nor does the IGI show any other Prentice born in Riccarton.
Investigation is continuing.
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